The Copyright Office released its latest group of exceptions to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act’s anti-circumvention provision. Wired and cnet news report on the exception for jailbreaking mobile phones.

The Supreme Court ruled on patentable subject matter in Bilski v. Kappos. Cnet, The MTTLR Blog, and IP Watchdog give their takes on the decision.

Patent Docs reports on the memo issued by the USPTO to its examiners in the wake of Bilski.In a similar vein, Patently-O takes a look at the first post-Bilski test cases.

The case between Joel Tenenbaum and the RIAA has taken another turn as U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner slashed the jury verdict by 90%, calling it “unconstitutionally excessive.” See the coverage from Wired and Eric Goldman.

Holman’s Biotech IP Blog looked at the recent limits that the EU Court of Justice has placed on patent protection for gene sequences.

IP Watchdog has some thoughts on the early stages of a multi-billion dollar lawsuit filed against PayPal by XPRT Ventures, Inc.